Lucy Walter

Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter
	Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1650
Born	c. 1630; Roch Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died	1658 (aged c. 28); Paris, France
Other names	Lucy Barlow (pseudonym)
Partner(s)	Lord Robert Sidney; Charles II of England; Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford; Sir Henry de Vic; Lord Thomas Howard
Children	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth; Mary Crofts
Parent(s)	William Walter; Elizabeth Protheroe

Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was the first mistress of Charles II. She is the mother of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

Life

Ancestry and early life

Lucy Walter was born into Welsh gentry as the daughter of William Walter and his wife Elizabeth Prothero. She was born somewhere around 1930 at her family's home in Roch Castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. She had two brothers, Richard and Justus. She did not receive any formal education but learned etiquette.

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Lucy Walter
Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1650
Born	c. 1630 Roch Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died	1658 (aged c. 28) Paris, France
Other names	Lucy Barlow (pseudonym)
Partner(s)	Lord Robert Sidney Charles II of England Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford Sir Henry de Vic Lord Thomas Howard
Children	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth Mary Crofts
Parent(s)	William Walter Elizabeth Protheroe